Presumably viewing figures must be high enough to warrant further series (the revamped show is now in its fifth season - more than Ronnie Barker’s original managed) and there’s every likelihood the cameras could be back at the Beautique hairdressing salon on the corner of Scarth Avenue and Lister Avenue next year.

It pains me to write this because I’m a huge fan of the original show, but Still Open All Hours really is at the end of its shelf life.

Shops like Arkwright’s don’t exist anymore, Granville has become as miserly as his uncle – everything he always railed against – and are we meant to suspend belief that Mrs Featherstone is now aged about 118?

The jokes are weak and tired and some of the comedy seems truly stuck in a time warp. It really does seem to struggle to find a place alongside the cutting edge humour that makes up the television schedules of today.

It will be interesting to see how many tune in this Christmas and whether there’s the will to commission another series in the New Year.